Will you play single player first?

Yes

No

I don't know

Are you going to play the single player game first before you jump into multiplayer? Personally, I normally do but after becoming so accustomed to multiplayer in D2 I'm not sure I can go back to SP, even if it's a new game.

That's something to think about. I vote I don't know. If leaked alpha/beta/demo whatever is available much earlier than MP, then I probably won't resist to try it. Never really thought about this, I already picked barb as my first character for MP HC, so I'll probably try other class in SP, like Witch Doctor. Love jungles, love the concept

I am predominantly a Single Player gamer. I do everything Single Player, and if I enjoy it, sometimes I'll go into multiplayer with it. With D2, I wasn't a huge battle.net guy - I played with my brother over LAN most often. But I've done my fair share of online gaming with strangers too. Definitely Single Player first. I might go multiplayer at the same time with another class; but I will always stay a few missions behind my SP so I can fully immerse myself into the story properly. Multiplayer tends to jump around, skip dialogue, and go too fast for me.

I have already promised people I know(family and RLfriends) to start the game together. I think its more fun to explore the game with others. Also another reason is I can't wait to see the new 2.0 Bnet and the features.

I always play only single player, there is no reason for me to change now. If my cousin gets the game too then we might do a couple of LAN games but thats about it. My goal is the beat the computer to death :grin:

If they are friends and family, and you all play at the same pace - I would agree. I do a lot of D2 with my brother, but he plays really fast and seems to skip a lot of dialogue. I think he would listen to the quest dialogue - but I love engaging in all the different convos. So while I'm sitting there listening to Warriv's gossip, he's wiped out the Den of Evil on his own. =P

That's why I play single player first. I can go at my own pace and do everything I want. Even though exploring the game with others is more fun, it's less fun if you can't explore at the same pace. That's just me though. =)

If they are friends and family, and you all play at the same pace - I would agree. I do a lot of D2 with my brother, but he plays really fast and seems to skip a lot of dialogue. I think he would listen to the quest dialogue - but I love engaging in all the different convos. So while I'm sitting there listening to Warriv's gossip, he's wiped out the Den of Evil on his own. =P

That's why I play single player first. I can go at my own pace and do everything I want. Even though exploring the game with others is more fun, it's less fun if you can't explore at the same pace. That's just me though. =)

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What a coincedence, if I wouldn't know better I'd think you were my brother. You just described the exact same d2 relation I have with my own brother :jig:

Im ze speedy type of player, pure MP for me. I will probably play a tad slower the first time around, but not much :thumbup:

Absolutely. First, second, and probably permanently. There'd have to be something amazing to make me play multiplayer. The exception possibly being if I were to play it with a few other single-player style players.

I voted no but thinking about it I might play it through by myself first so I can take my time to enjoy the content. But it's not gonna be in single player mode.
Unless I find some likeminded people to play it through with. I definitely don't someone bringing in their highlevel friend to rush us.

I think that Blizzard, from what I can ascertain, will be making the multiplayer experience for D3 a lot more than what you guys remember from D2... I think the multiplayer thing will be an entirely new thing.

I've been thinking about this a lot, as I have never really played a lot of D2 online personally myself but im under the impression a lot of things are going to be made easier.

for example;

- travelling (getting to places, and other players quicker)
- trading of items (im not going to say auction house but a better way of trading lets say)
- forming groups not only via battle.net interface but within the game
- better way of tracking friends and communicating (perhaps addition of in game microphone, like WoW)
- interface for clans or "guilds"

They havent said much other than that they plan for "big things" with battle.net, so all we can do is speculate. I think the online experience will be definitely something else.

Whilst I played D2 mostly single player and a bit of LAN'ing, from my gut feeling im going straight to multiplayer and I can already say this without hearing about their actual proposed changes.

Thyiad you can also just play relaxed online. There is no slave driver with a whip threating to woop you when you are not racing online.
Finishing a game slowly on MP is the same as doing so on SP (with a proper inet connection and a A+ bnet) with the added benefit of being able to actually trade and contest with other players the moment you finished the campaign

i will play the game alone my first trip through but it wont be single player. the char i make will be on the servers i will just play in a passworded game. also while i am playing with that char i will make other chars to group with friends so long as they do not pass where my main guy is. i always enjoy the story more when i go through it myself the first time